Diana Rhoades is a Director of the Board of the Downtown Alliance and is passionate about creating living, vibrant street-scapes in Tucson that we can be proud of. She is currently running Regina Romero’s City Council campaign. She is advocating a project to beautify downtown through the planting of 1000 trees that will use passive … Read more

Paul Eckerstrom and I had a great conversation after a recent Drinking Liberally session about his role in the Election Integrity movement and getting the audit legislation passed. If you want to learn how grassroots politics works at its best, I encourage you to take the time to listen in. Download eckerstrom.wav Paul (on the … Read more

A humorous take on the GOP’s obstructionist tactics, taking on a serious subject in a manner that even a political muggle can grasp:

The memorial service for Jesse will be at 9:00 Friday (8/3) morning at Adair Avalon Chapel, 8090 N. Northern Avenue, Tucson, http://www.adairfuneralhomes.com/Finding_Us.html. Graveside services will be at 1:00 Friday (8/3) afternoon at the Southern Arizona Veterans’ Cemetery, 1300 Buffalo Soldier Trail, Sierra Vista, AZ, http://www.azdvs.gov/veteranscemetery.htm Memorials may be sent to any of the following organizations: … Read more

Link: Republican Heaven, The Year 2020

by Patrick McGann

Welcome back from your little nap. Here’s America. How do you like it?

Having achieved a "Permanent Majority" under the architecture of Newt Gingrich and Karl Rove, Republicans have controlled both houses of Congress and the White House for two decades.

Economy booms!

Driven by a robust demand for U.S. flag lapel pins (now mandatory by law), and by highly profitable private prisons, where the pins are made, Republicans are crowing this year! The nation’s largest prison provider, Halliburton, announced its 20th consecutive year of record profits. And after a prolonged period of consolidation, book publishing is rebounding as Bible production ramps up to comply with the replacement of all school text books with the King James version. Most economists, still employed, credited tax cuts.

Final phase of tax reform completed!

The last phase of tax reform has been completed. Itemized deductions are now allowed on the national sales tax for qualified individuals who spend more than $100,000 on selected items, including jewelry, furs, German and Italian automobiles over $75,000, boats over 25 feet long, real estate, stocks and stock options, certificates of deposit, limited partnerships, oil paintings by the masters, and small, medium and large businesses. Going the way of the income tax, eliminated in 2012 — in order to spur investment — property taxes have been eliminated on first, second, third, fourth or more residences valued over $500,000 each. Said Senator Riley Stickem, R- Utah, "Now the tax burden is more fairly placed on those who cause the costs."

James Spader of Boston Legal gives a masterful performance as a lawyer giving a summation of the case against the GOP’s vision for America: